The Detroit News reports:
Its style outweighs its function and it can go places most Toyotas can only think about treading.
During a week-long test drive of the new 2010 FJ, which included the Trail Teams Special Edition Package -- a $6,695 set of off-road options -- I found myself dreading highway driving and longing for big hills and mud.
That's because the FJ isn't much fun around town.
Sitting inside this big vehicle is like looking out of a German pillbox. The visibility is awful; there's just a gun slot of a windshield. A high riding position typically opens up lanes of sight, but the way you sit in the FJ, the windshield is up and away from you, making it difficult to see over the front end, much less the passenger side. And parking the FJ is more of a guessing game than anything else if you don't have the optional backup camera....
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